Smothered Mate at Grandmaster Level checkmatesblog Updated: May 22, 2016, 10:13 AM | 4 Can you spot how GM Alexander Grischuk checkmated GM Ruslan Ponomariov in 2000? It was a smothered mate. White to move, checkmate in 2: Did you like this puzzle? And did you solve it? Let it know in the comments if you want.